Strategic HIM Director & Privacy Leader

Samaritan; Moses Lake (WA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Samaritan Health Services seeks an HIM Director to lead the hospital's Health Information Management and medical records functions. You will ensure data integrity, privacy, and regulatory compliance while guiding coding, CDI, and information governance.

Lead budgeting, staffing, and performance, partnering with executive leadership, IT, Revenue Cycle and clinical teams to improve efficiency and patient care outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degreein Health Information Management is required.
• RHIA certification is required; RHIT, CSS, CPC, CCS-P or HIM preferred.
• 7-10 years HIM/EHR leadership experience in healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for HIM and medical records.
• Oversee privacy, security, and regulatory compliance for PHI.
• Manage budgets, staffing, and performance across HIM functions.
• Serve as HIM SME to executive leadership and clinical partners.
• Monitor KPIs and drive process improvement in operations.

Skills

Strategic leadership

HIM leadership

HIPAA compliance

Budgeting

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Health Information Management

RHIA certification

Tools

EHR systems

Job description

Samaritan Health Services seeks an HIM Director to lead the hospital's Health Information Management and medical records functions. You will ensure data integrity, privacy, and regulatory compliance while guiding coding, CDI, and information governance.

Lead budgeting, staffing, and performance, partnering with executive leadership, IT, Revenue Cycle and clinical teams to improve efficiency and patient care outcomes.